Cosmopolite: Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions

Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 26, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046TL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful set of Benny Carter..., September 21, 2003

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"douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cosmopolite: Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions (Audio CD)

This is so sweet, this one, and it dovetails perfectly with the "3,4,5" CD. These sessions - featuring Oscar Peterson again, and his various trios and a quartet also - are of Carter playing all standards. Make no mistake, this Swing giant has assimilated Parker by the time these early '50s recordings were done; however his playing is never overpowered by that asimilation. You could not go as far as to call it even 'influence', as Carter has his own voice and it is unique, as it always had been, but he had monumental respect for his alto brother Bird, going as far as to say much later that he still felt that Bird was jazz' last major significant innovator. Carter with Peterson's Trio is magic, and well suited to one another. This is another GREAT Benny Carter CD reissue. For the record (no pun intended), the LPs these tracks come from are "Benny Carter Plays Pretty", "New Jazz Sounds", "Alto Saxes", and "Cosmopolite".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Benny Carter, January 8, 2011

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To be able to hear one of Jazz great Sax players with the greatest pianist and his sidemen is a great treat.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Buddy Rich Verve Sessions?, March 8, 2007

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This review is from: Cosmopolite: Oscar Peterson Verve Sessions (Audio CD)

If you've got the jones for a Benny Carter gig, this nice small session sound will sooth your achings. If you're wanting to hear Oscar Peterson do his thing, this ain't the album for you. Carter simply over powers every one. The saving grace is a rare Buddy Rich out of his big band element.